Geoffrey Leech

The verb phrase in English : investigating recent language change with corpora

1. Introduction Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech and Sean Wallis 2. Choices over time: methodological issues in investigating current change Bas Aarts, Joanne Close and Sean Wallis 3. Recent shifts with three nonfinite verbal complements in English: data from the 100 million word TIME Corpus (1920s-2000s) Mark Davies 4. Verb structures in twentieth-century British English Nicholas Smith and Geoffrey Leech 5. Nominalizing the verb phrase in academic science writing Douglas Biber and Bethany Gray 6. The verb phrase in contemporary Canadian English Sali Tagliamonte 7. Recent change and grammaticalization Manfred Krug and Ole Schutzler 8. The progressive verb in modern American English Magnus Levin 9. I was just reading this article - on the expression of recentness and the English past progressive Meike Pfaff, Alexander Bergs and Thomas Hoffmann 10. Bare infinitival complements in present-day English Marcus Callies 11. Operator and negative contraction in spoken British English: a change in progress Jose Ramon Varela Perez 12. The development of comment clauses Gunther Kaltenbock 13. The perfect in spoken British English Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts 14. Changes in the verb phrase in legislative language in English Christopher Williams 15. Modals and semi-modals of obligation in American English: some aspects of developments from 1990 until the present day Stig Johansson.

The Verb Phrase in English: Figures

1. Introduction Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech and Sean Wallis 2. Choices over time: methodological issues in investigating current change Bas Aarts, Joanne Close and Sean Wallis 3. Recent shifts with three nonfinite verbal complements in English: data from the 100 million word TIME Corpus (1920s-2000s) Mark Davies 4. Verb structures in twentieth-century British English Nicholas Smith and Geoffrey Leech 5. Nominalizing the verb phrase in academic science writing Douglas Biber and Bethany Gray 6. The verb phrase in contemporary Canadian English Sali Tagliamonte 7. Recent change and grammaticalization Manfred Krug and Ole Schutzler 8. The progressive verb in modern American English Magnus Levin 9. I was just reading this article - on the expression of recentness and the English past progressive Meike Pfaff, Alexander Bergs and Thomas Hoffmann 10. Bare infinitival complements in present-day English Marcus Callies 11. Operator and negative contraction in spoken British English: a change in progress Jose Ramon Varela Perez 12. The development of comment clauses Gunther Kaltenbock 13. The perfect in spoken British English Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts 14. Changes in the verb phrase in legislative language in English Christopher Williams 15. Modals and semi-modals of obligation in American English: some aspects of developments from 1990 until the present day Stig Johansson.

The Verb Phrase in English: Notes on contributors

1. Introduction Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech and Sean Wallis 2. Choices over time: methodological issues in investigating current change Bas Aarts, Joanne Close and Sean Wallis 3. Recent shifts with three nonfinite verbal complements in English: data from the 100 million word TIME Corpus (1920s-2000s) Mark Davies 4. Verb structures in twentieth-century British English Nicholas Smith and Geoffrey Leech 5. Nominalizing the verb phrase in academic science writing Douglas Biber and Bethany Gray 6. The verb phrase in contemporary Canadian English Sali Tagliamonte 7. Recent change and grammaticalization Manfred Krug and Ole Schutzler 8. The progressive verb in modern American English Magnus Levin 9. I was just reading this article - on the expression of recentness and the English past progressive Meike Pfaff, Alexander Bergs and Thomas Hoffmann 10. Bare infinitival complements in present-day English Marcus Callies 11. Operator and negative contraction in spoken British English: a change in progress Jose Ramon Varela Perez 12. The development of comment clauses Gunther Kaltenbock 13. The perfect in spoken British English Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts 14. Changes in the verb phrase in legislative language in English Christopher Williams 15. Modals and semi-modals of obligation in American English: some aspects of developments from 1990 until the present day Stig Johansson.

The Verb Phrase in English: Contents

1. Introduction Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech and Sean Wallis 2. Choices over time: methodological issues in investigating current change Bas Aarts, Joanne Close and Sean Wallis 3. Recent shifts with three nonfinite verbal complements in English: data from the 100 million word TIME Corpus (1920s-2000s) Mark Davies 4. Verb structures in twentieth-century British English Nicholas Smith and Geoffrey Leech 5. Nominalizing the verb phrase in academic science writing Douglas Biber and Bethany Gray 6. The verb phrase in contemporary Canadian English Sali Tagliamonte 7. Recent change and grammaticalization Manfred Krug and Ole Schutzler 8. The progressive verb in modern American English Magnus Levin 9. I was just reading this article - on the expression of recentness and the English past progressive Meike Pfaff, Alexander Bergs and Thomas Hoffmann 10. Bare infinitival complements in present-day English Marcus Callies 11. Operator and negative contraction in spoken British English: a change in progress Jose Ramon Varela Perez 12. The development of comment clauses Gunther Kaltenbock 13. The perfect in spoken British English Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts 14. Changes in the verb phrase in legislative language in English Christopher Williams 15. Modals and semi-modals of obligation in American English: some aspects of developments from 1990 until the present day Stig Johansson.

The Verb Phrase in English: Name index

1. Introduction Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech and Sean Wallis 2. Choices over time: methodological issues in investigating current change Bas Aarts, Joanne Close and Sean Wallis 3. Recent shifts with three nonfinite verbal complements in English: data from the 100 million word TIME Corpus (1920s-2000s) Mark Davies 4. Verb structures in twentieth-century British English Nicholas Smith and Geoffrey Leech 5. Nominalizing the verb phrase in academic science writing Douglas Biber and Bethany Gray 6. The verb phrase in contemporary Canadian English Sali Tagliamonte 7. Recent change and grammaticalization Manfred Krug and Ole Schutzler 8. The progressive verb in modern American English Magnus Levin 9. I was just reading this article - on the expression of recentness and the English past progressive Meike Pfaff, Alexander Bergs and Thomas Hoffmann 10. Bare infinitival complements in present-day English Marcus Callies 11. Operator and negative contraction in spoken British English: a change in progress Jose Ramon Varela Perez 12. The development of comment clauses Gunther Kaltenbock 13. The perfect in spoken British English Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts 14. Changes in the verb phrase in legislative language in English Christopher Williams 15. Modals and semi-modals of obligation in American English: some aspects of developments from 1990 until the present day Stig Johansson.

The Verb Phrase in English: Subject index

1. Introduction Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech and Sean Wallis 2. Choices over time: methodological issues in investigating current change Bas Aarts, Joanne Close and Sean Wallis 3. Recent shifts with three nonfinite verbal complements in English: data from the 100 million word TIME Corpus (1920s-2000s) Mark Davies 4. Verb structures in twentieth-century British English Nicholas Smith and Geoffrey Leech 5. Nominalizing the verb phrase in academic science writing Douglas Biber and Bethany Gray 6. The verb phrase in contemporary Canadian English Sali Tagliamonte 7. Recent change and grammaticalization Manfred Krug and Ole Schutzler 8. The progressive verb in modern American English Magnus Levin 9. I was just reading this article - on the expression of recentness and the English past progressive Meike Pfaff, Alexander Bergs and Thomas Hoffmann 10. Bare infinitival complements in present-day English Marcus Callies 11. Operator and negative contraction in spoken British English: a change in progress Jose Ramon Varela Perez 12. The development of comment clauses Gunther Kaltenbock 13. The perfect in spoken British English Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts 14. Changes in the verb phrase in legislative language in English Christopher Williams 15. Modals and semi-modals of obligation in American English: some aspects of developments from 1990 until the present day Stig Johansson.

The Verb Phrase in English: Tables

1. Introduction Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech and Sean Wallis 2. Choices over time: methodological issues in investigating current change Bas Aarts, Joanne Close and Sean Wallis 3. Recent shifts with three nonfinite verbal complements in English: data from the 100 million word TIME Corpus (1920s-2000s) Mark Davies 4. Verb structures in twentieth-century British English Nicholas Smith and Geoffrey Leech 5. Nominalizing the verb phrase in academic science writing Douglas Biber and Bethany Gray 6. The verb phrase in contemporary Canadian English Sali Tagliamonte 7. Recent change and grammaticalization Manfred Krug and Ole Schutzler 8. The progressive verb in modern American English Magnus Levin 9. I was just reading this article - on the expression of recentness and the English past progressive Meike Pfaff, Alexander Bergs and Thomas Hoffmann 10. Bare infinitival complements in present-day English Marcus Callies 11. Operator and negative contraction in spoken British English: a change in progress Jose Ramon Varela Perez 12. The development of comment clauses Gunther Kaltenbock 13. The perfect in spoken British English Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts 14. Changes in the verb phrase in legislative language in English Christopher Williams 15. Modals and semi-modals of obligation in American English: some aspects of developments from 1990 until the present day Stig Johansson.